J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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EARLY CHINESE WHITE WARES
The Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection
September 11 - October 3, 2015
24.
A PAIR OF ROUNDED CONICAL BOWLS
Five Dynasties – Early Northern Song, 10th Century
North China
each with gently rounded wide flaring sides rising from a slightly recessed central medallion defined by a single incised line and resting on a shallow ring foot of wedge-shaped section, covered inside and out with a lustrous clear glaze of distinctly bluish tone ending unevenly around the foot and splashing over the foot rim, the flat recessed base unglazed revealing the white porcelain body burnt pale tan at the center during the firing.
Diameter 7 7⁄8 and 7 3⁄4 inches (20.1 and 19.6 cm)
Compare the similar white porcelain bowl of slightly larger size illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition at the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tōji: hakuji, seiji, sansai (Tang Pottery and Porcelain), Tokyo, 1988, p. 34, no. 26, with description on p. 83, where the author explains the challenge of attributing early white wares to a specific kiln’s production, but describes the bowl as Tang to Five Dynasties and cites a closely related white porcelain bowl from the Liao dynasty tomb of Han Yi (d. A.D. 995); see “Excavation of Han Yi’s Tomb of the Liao Dynasty,” Kaogu xuebao, 1984, No. 3, pl. 25, no. 1 (3:26), with description on p. 367.
晚唐－五代 北方白瓷斗笠形碗一對 徑 20.1 與 19.6 厘米
